Discover our Tool to Reflect on Organizational Capacities for Healthy Public Policies!

Are you looking to strengthen your organization’s actions on healthy public policies (HPPs)? This tool will help you structure your reflection, identify priorities, and target concrete, realistic actions.

Easily adaptable to different organizational contexts, it enables you to produce an overview of your current situation, identify your strengths and gaps, and support your strategic decision making. It also comes with practical resources to help you implement selected strategies.

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Webinar Recording – Communicating Across Sectors on the Social Determinants of Health: The Building Blocks of Health

How can we talk about the social determinants of health in a way that reaches actors from other sectors? 

This webinar presented framing strategies developed by FrameWorks UK and The Health Foundation to improve the way we communicate about what shapes health.

Participants were introduced to the "Building Blocks of Health" metaphor, along with other framing recommendations and concrete examples of how they have been applied.

To consult the Powerpoint presentation and the additional resources, click here.

To watch the recording, click on the thumbnail below:

Centre for Healthy Communities 2026 Innovation Forum (University of Alberta)

The affordability crisis in Canada, marked by rising costs of living, is harming health, wellbeing, and quality of life. 

Under the theme Advancing Financial Wellbeing in Canada: Working Across Sectors for Greater Impact, this forum will aim to identify opportunities for intersectoral action and upstream and downstream interventions to support financial wellbeing.

Our colleague Val Morrison, expert scientific advisor at the NCCHPP, will facilitate the panel "Organizational & Political Culture." Participants will discuss the processes that affect the delivery and sustainability of government, organizational, and community actions, taking into account organizational culture and power dynamics.

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Commemorative Conference Marking 40 Years of the Ottawa Charter

Under the theme: From Health Promotion to One Health, this event will mark the 40 years of the Ottawa Charter. Organized by the École de santé publique de l’Université de Montréal in partnership with the Public Health Agency of Canada, this conference will focus on renewing practices in response to climate, environmental, and social crises. It is intended for researchers, practitioners and decision makers in Québec, across Canada and internationally.
 

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Save the Date for the Largest Public Health Conference in Québec! – JASP 2026

Don't miss Québec's largest public health conference, the Journées annuelles de santé publique (JASP)! In the face of climate crises, mental health challenges, and infectious diseases, public health is called upon to reinforce integrated and equitable policies, patiently developed through intersectoral collaboration.

This 29^th edition reflects that vision. It is an invitation to weave together public policy, knowledge and community practices in order to strengthen the social fabric and support resilient collective action, so that no one falls through the cracks.

Take advantage of the early-bird rate by registering by November 6. 

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Upcoming Event

• Webinar – Translating Science into Climate Action that Promotes Health and Equity (offered in French)
  Presented by the Institut national de santé publique du Québec
  Thursday, November 12, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. (EST)

New Resources

• Playbook for Action: Practical Interventions Small Cities Can Use to Tackle Canada’s Substance Use Crisis
  Published by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
• Article – Why Evidence Is Not Enough: Power, Politics, and a Strategy Shift for Public Health
  Author: Jonathan C. Heller
  Published in the review The Milbank Quaterly

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